Chapter 17. Firewall Interactions

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems

• Firewalls and Quality of Service

• Firewall and Private VLANs

• Firewalls and Server Load Balancing

• Firewalls and Virtual Machines

• Firewalls and IPv6 Tunneling Mechanisms

• Firewalls and IPSec VPNs

• Firewalls and SSL VPNs

• Firewalls and MPLS Networks

• The Borderless Networks vision

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” —Carl Jung

This final chapter provides some information about the typical interactions of firewall functionality with other features (or systems) that might add value to the overall security practice.

In some cases, the ...

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